-- It was reported earlier today that WWE has parted ways with Michael Tarver, Jacob Novak, Buck Dixon, Buddy Stetcher and Ethan Levin. Their respective bios were removed from the Florida Championship Wrestling roster page either last Thursday or Friday. Tarver and Novak's bios, however, remain on WWE.com.

-- WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is presently backstage at at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York for tonight's RAW telecast.

He also posted the following on Twitter this afternoon: "It's always quiet when I first come to work. Everybody is very respectful. The calm before."